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• bund
  bund

  noun

  an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
• Bund
  Bund

  noun

  a short form of “German-American Volksbund,” a pro-Nazi organization in the U.S. during the 1930s and 1940s.

bund

¹ American  

[buhnd] / bʌnd /

noun

1. an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.

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Bund ² American  

[boond, buhnd, boont] / bʊnd, bʌnd, bʊnt /

noun

• Bunds,
  plural
• Bünde
  plural

1. a short form of “German-American Volksbund,” a pro-Nazi organization in the U.S. during the 1930s and 1940s.

2. (often lowercase) an alliance or league, especially a political society.

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Bund ¹ British  

/ bʊnd, bʊnt /

noun

1. (sometimes not capital) a federation or league

2. short for German American Bund , an organization of US Nazis and Nazi sympathizers in the 1930s and 1940s

3. an organization of socialist Jewish workers in Russia founded in 1897

4. the confederation of N German states, which existed from 1867–71

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bund ² British  

/ bʌnd /

noun

1. an embankment; dyke

2. an embanked road or quay

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Bundist
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Bunds
  plural
• Bünde
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bund¹

1805–15; < Hindi band < Persian: dam, levee; akin to bind, bond ¹

Origin of Bund²

< German: association, league

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bund Bund Bunds

That may already be spurring upward pressure on Treasury, gilt and bund yields, and if JGB yields keep climbing, global yields could be pushed higher still, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Germany’s 10-year bund yield, a proxy for risk-free rates in the eurozone, was just shy of 3%, the highest since 2007.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

Fairhurst suggest this earth bund would need a fence on top to stop people getting in to the rock trap area.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

Germany's bund yield, the euro zone benchmark, rose 1.7 bps to 2.754% after seven sessions of declines.

From Reuters ● Nov. 6, 2023

Ralph edged forward, feeling his way over the uneven surface as though he were bund.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

The 10-year French OAT-German Bund yield spread widened above 110 bps lately, its widest since 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The selloff pushed 10-year Treasury and Bund yields to multiyear highs as yet another setback in efforts to resolve the Middle East conflict drove oil prices higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Germany will tap the August 2036 Bund on Wednesday, while Spanish and French auctions are due on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

They expect the 10-year Bund yields to peak around 3.85% in the first quarter of 2027, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

When Haupt was a teenager, he became a member of the German American Bund.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Treasury bonds and German Bunds, Deutsche Bank Research strategists said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The index is vulnerable to a widening in yields between French OATs and German Bunds, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The selloff in global government bonds accelerated in European midday trade, pushing yields on 10-year German Bunds and U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Jefferies’ positioning indicators suggest “close to stretched” short positions in long-dated Bunds and U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Germany will sell August 2036-dated Bunds on Wednesday, while France will sell short- and medium-term nominal bonds as well as inflation-linked bonds on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026